HASSAN: Former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who joined the Congress recently, said here on Tuesday that recent experiences had proved that the coalition experiment would not help in serving the public, as there would be too many pressures.

Mr. Siddaramaiah was in Hassan to invite Congress workers to the rally organised in Bangalore on September 3, in which workers of the All India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD), are expected to join the Congress officially.

`End dynasty politics'

He called upon workers to end dynasty politics in the State, which he said was more dangerous than communalism.

Mr. Siddaramaiah, who arrived five hours behind schedule, observed that people were frustrated with the "corrupt and anti-people" coalition Government and were waiting for its fall. Criticising the Karnataka Development Front (KDF) Government, he noted that one of the ambitious programmes to extend four per cent farm credit was a farce, as farmers could not take loans beyond Rs. 3 lakh. It failed to release assistance to people affected by floods and drought in the State.

Online lottery

The Government was directly responsible for the reintroduction of online lottery, which was stopped during the previous tenure, as it failed to present the case in the court properly, he alleged.

On the recent allegations, he said, "Despite a report from the Minister for Forests and Environment C. Chennigappa about illegal mining, why did Kumaraswamy hesitate to order a probe," he asked.

In his tirade against former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, he said the Janata Dal (Secular) president was always worried about protecting the interest of his family members, and party workers and leaders realised that after bitter experiences. Taking exception to the statements of Mr. Gowda, he said there were innumerable contradictions in his statements.

Defending his decision to join Congress, he said there was no ideological difference between the Congress and the Janata Dal. In 1992, the anti-Congress stance was a strategy, not an ideology, he said.

The rally in Bangalore would script a preface for the fall of coalition Government in the State, he said.

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